Multiscale Modeling Examples: New Polyelectrolyte Nanocomposite Membranes for Perspective Fuel Cells and Flow Batteries

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-177
Author(s):  
Soumyadipta Sengupta ◽  
Alexey V. Lyulin ◽  
Georgios Kritikos ◽  
Konstantinos Karatasos ◽  
Arun Venkatnathan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Multiscale Modeling ◽  
Nanocomposite Membranes ◽  
Flow Batteries

scholarly journals Efficient Chitosan/Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite Membranes for Direct Alkaline Ethanol Fuel Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selestina Gorgieva ◽  
Azra Osmić ◽  
Silvo Hribernik ◽  
Mojca Božič ◽  
Jurij Svete ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Composite Membranes ◽  
Nanocomposite Membranes ◽  
Ethanol Fuel ◽  
Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells ◽  
Graphene Oxides ◽  
Reduced Graphene ◽  
Structure Morphology ◽  
Graphene Derivatives ◽  
Doped Graphene

Herein, we prepared a series of nanocomposite membranes based on chitosan (CS) and three compositionally and structurally different N-doped graphene derivatives. Two-dimensional (2D) and quasi 1D N-doped reduced graphene oxides (N-rGO) and nanoribbons (N-rGONRs), as well as 3D porous N-doped graphitic polyenaminone particles (N-pEAO), were synthesized and characterized fully to confirm their graphitic structure, morphology, and nitrogen (pyridinic, pyrrolic, and quaternary or graphitic) group contents. The largest (0.07%) loading of N-doped graphene derivatives impacted the morphology of the CS membrane significantly, reducing the crystallinity, tensile properties, and the KOH uptake, and increasing (by almost 10-fold) the ethanol permeability. Within direct alkaline ethanol test cells, it was found that CS/N rGONRs (0.07 %) membrane (Pmax. = 3.7 mWcm−2) outperformed the pristine CS membrane significantly (Pmax. = 2.2 mWcm−2), suggesting the potential of the newly proposed membranes for application in direct ethanol fuel cells.

Sulfonated polyether ether ketone/strontium zirconite@TiO2 nanocomposite membranes for direct methanol fuel cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (38) ◽  
pp. 20497-20504 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Gnana kumar ◽  
Arumugam Manthiram
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Power Density ◽  
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells ◽  
Inorganic Filler ◽  
Nanocomposite Membranes ◽  
Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Direct Methanol ◽  
Ether Ketone ◽  
Methanol Fuel Cells

The use of SrZrO3@TiO2 nanocuboids as an inorganic filler in SPEEK membranes enhances their performance in DMFCs with a power density higher than that achieved with a Nafion 117 membrane.

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